I'm in Australia & have owned my Up! for 14 months. The following has gone wrong since I've owned it:1.The Maps screen broke after only 6 months of use. It was stored in the same pouch as my Tom Tom had lived in for 3 years without a fault.
2.The front windscreen cracked at 4 months of owning it - the first time in 35 years of driving to have a windscreen crack or break.
3. The sensor on the coolant system kept giving intermittent signals that something was wrong even though levels were right. VW said it'd take 24 hours to diagnose what was wrong. My mechanic diagnosed & corrected a faulty sensor wire in 5 minutes.
4. The last straw was the rear windscreen shattered, exploding glass all over me when I closed the tailgate. Consequently I'm covered in cuts & scratches.
It's a great little car to drive, comfortable, roomy, economical to run. However, I don't feel it's safe with the windscreens being so thin. VW really need to do something about making the windscreens better.I'm trading it for a Suzuki Swift, as I've lost confidence in it.